Isaias Continuing To Create Problems For National Parks
Isaias, a tropical storm at midday Monday, was expected to come ashore along the Carolinas as a hurricane after sundown.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 3rd, 2020 2:49pm
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Surgical Kit Believed To Have Been Used To Amputate Stonewall Jackson's Arm To Be Displayed
A surgical kit more than 150 years old, the one thought to have been used to amputate the shattered left arm of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, is to be displayed at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia on Friday.
- By NPT Staff - September 23rd, 2019 1:30am
How The National Park Service Grappled With Segregation During The 20th Century
Separate campgrounds, dining rooms, picnic grounds, and restrooms. Maps and signs that directed blacks to destinations away from whites. This was the landscape of segregation in some national parks during that divisive chapter of the country’s history. While the signs have been taken down and the separation erased, there remain remnants of that dark period in a number of parks today.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 18th, 2019 2:00am
Civil War History To Come To Life At Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania National Military Park
The smell of campfires and the sound of marching feet will once again fill the air at the Sunken Road and Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia on Labor Day weekend.
- By NPT Staff - August 14th, 2019 1:45am
National Parks Traveler Episode 26: Segregation In The Parks, And Winter In Everglades
Dr. Erin Devlin, a professor of American history from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, discusses her research into sites in national parks in Virginia that were associated with segregation during the first half of the 20th century. Host Kurt Repanshek also takes a look at Everglades National Park and why it's a great park destination during the winter months.
Exhibit On Segregation Opens At Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania NMP
A window into America's segregated past has opened at Fredericksburg and Spotslvania National Military Park in Virginia, where a former garage that in the 1930s and 1940s housed segregated restrooms for African American visitors is the focal point of a wayside exhibit.
- By NPT Staff - August 8th, 2019 1:45am
Special Programs For The 156th Anniversary Of The Battle Of Fredericksburg
To mark the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg the staff at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park are planning a number of special programs for the weekend of December 8-9.
- By NPT Staff - November 25th, 2018 1:30am
Traveler Special Report: NPS Is Running $670 Million Behind On Caring For Maintained Landscapes
A lack of money, nearly $700 million, has left National Park Service crews are far behind in caring for the maintained landscape of the National Park System, the battlefields, the campgrounds, even the historic orchards that can be found in some parks and the trails that wind through the underground of Mammoth Cave National Park.
- By Patrick Cone - September 9th, 2018 1:30am
Fredericksburg, Petersburg, & Richmond: Experiencing Civil War Battlefields
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I learned about the Civil War through books, movies, and plastic action figures. There just weren’t any battlefields in Oregon for a ten-year-old to experience first-hand. So, when I started traveling east, I was drawn to iconic battlefields like Gettysburg and Antietam. Until I started my quest to visit all the national park units, I had no idea of the sheer number of battlefields or how integrated into local communities they were and still are.
- By stratto - May 22nd, 2018 1:15am
Around The Parks: Removing Trees, Climbing Closures, And A Grand Reopening
Look around the National Park System and you'll find a tree removal project at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, a climbing closure at Devils Tower National Monument, and a celebratory reopening of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 8th, 2018 1:15am
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